Comments from those who selected
diigo as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2008

• "Free. With the use of diigo
  and the automatic export to del.icio.us you gain a great
  Social Bookmarking + Social Annotation tool The best way
  to collect, share and interact on online information
  from anywhere." 
  Andreas Büsing


• "Diigo
  
  
  is my primary social bookmarking tool and how I generate my
  daily bookmark posts for my blog. I do so much online
  research for both the courses I develop and for my own
  personal learning; a good system to track all the resources
  I find is indispensable. Diigo’s also improved a lot since I
  started using it, and they’ve learned to take user feedback
  seriously." 
  
  Christy Tucker


• "Sorta like del.icio.us, but enhanced for
  teams. I've created Diigo groups for several work
  teams to use as our social bookmarking tool." 
  Matt Lisle

Social Connection Tools

“Increased engagement = Opportunity for Increased Learning”

Engagement is the why for these tools

Information Literacy & Sharing Discoveries

• delicious


• Diigo


• Twitter

Annotations on sites helps information literacy.

“Increased engagement = Opportunity for Increased Learning”

Engagement is the why for these tools

Collaboration Tools

• Wikipedia


• Kaltura–collaborative video editing


• Google Docs


• Diigo

Create a sharing community

Important to teach students collaborative skills to prepare for work

Teams are goal-directed

Diigo

• Set up a group


• Have everyone in the group highlight and add sticky notes to discuss the content


• Diigo’s dashboard has forums for discussion


• Automatic notification available so instructors can keep track of discussion


• Help connect learning in class to learning outside

Before class on Tuesday, I have never heard of the program Diigo.  When Professor Wolf mentioned that, it was a way to annotate online documents right on the web page.  He also explained how it is interactive, that you can read other annotations posted by others and others can read yours.  At first, I didn’t see myself ever using this after this class.  I find it easier to read documents once they are printed out rather than right off the screen.  I cannot concentrate when the documents are on the screen and I feel better writing notes in the margins with a pen and highlighting.

After using Diigo on the readings for Thursday, I realized that I might be able to use this tool in a classroom with students.  I would not use it for anything lower than the fourth grade, but it would be a great tool to integrate into lessons.  For instance, a teacher could set up a group in Diigo and have the students all join an account. Then for different lessons, such as a science lesson on the layers of the earth, the teacher could use an article or web page that reinforces the lesson.  The students would then go in and read the article and comment using Diigo. 

I think students would benefit from this activity for several different reasons.  I think the fact that it is on the computer they would find it fun and different from reading out of a textbook and answer questions.  I also think that since it is interactive, the students can comment on one another’s thoughts taking the pressure off that comes with face-to-face conversation.  In addition, if this is done in the classroom using three or more computers, it is away for the children to interact but keep the noise level down while other students do independent work at their desks.

But, the real power lies in the ability for Diigo to become a community. Now you can save your bookmark to a group who share a common interest (some form of EduTech in my case). Now your bookmark and comment are that much more important. You can share comments on bookmarks with your group! I am sure that I’ll find more uses for it as the months roll by.

Join the Diigo Project Based Learning Group

Our school is modelling (and adapting the Napa Foundation ’style’) with teachers currenly heading to the US for in-school in-service.

I just had to start a Diigo Group. Please feel free to join and ask questions. We hope to share our experiences with other PBL schools. There are 4 ICT teachers at our school involved in PBL and a range of other KLA staffers - so if you’re thinking about PBL, then join the group.

Somehow, I find myself trusting Diigo more than Facebook, although you
can connect to Facebook via Diigo. What's also present is the potential
for "Diigo-spam." Ok, I've spammed everyone in my addressbook. I can't
remember the last time I did it, but I hope that if you received an
email via Diigo from me, you'll jump in and give this a try. If you
don't want to, hit delete. Do I think Diigo is that powerful a tool?
Well, yes. It offers something Delicious doesn't--groups, and a base of
operations that interfaces with other tools. If I could share
information using Diigo, ohmygosh, one ring to rule them all.

One of the other aspects of Diigo I liked was that the Diigo crew is
hopping to improve things. Importing bookmarks from Delicious API wasn't
working well (i had to try 3-4 times), so they came up with an
alternative way to accomplish the import. Dean
Shareski complained about the interface, and they re-did the user
interface. There's also talk of creating an education (student) friendly
Diigo....